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Though this summer’s rains have caused extensive flooding in parts of Wisconsin, flooding has always been a part of life in the state because of its many rivers and lakes. French settlers in Prairie du Chien made one of the first written records of...

Precipitation was below normal for much of the high plains areas prompting the expansion of the extreme and exceptional drought designation to southwest South Dakota and western Wyoming. Drought was expanded throughout Montana where long-term precipitation deficits remain. According to the United States...

Persistent, steady rains have put provinces including Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick and British Columbia on heightened alert for flooding, putting several communities at risk. In Quebec, the Red Cross is helping thousands of people in need. Depending on the needs of individuals and families,...

Massive wildfires have triggered a province-wide state of emergency in British Columbia. Lightning, dry weather and wind throughout the region have caused fires to spread quickly, forcing thousands of people from their homes. At least 138 wildfires were sparked in a single day on...

2015 Spring – Fueled by unusually high temperatures, hundreds of wildfires are burning across British Columbia and Alberta in Canada. The smoke traveled south across the United States border by way of the jet stream resulting in many air quality alerts across the northern...

2014-15 Winter – A polar vortex, originated in Siberia through the Artic, delivered the coldest weather in 20 years to Canada and the United States bringing threatening, dangerous conditions and record-breaking temperatures.

Today states and provinces are capable of managing most emergencies; however there are times when disasters exceed the state or provincial resources and therefore require outside assistance. Even when federal assistance is merited, cross border mutual aid assistance may be more readily available, less...

Minnesota was besieged in June 2014 by some of its most widespread flooding in years. Water spilled onto streets in downtown St. Paul, crops of soybeans and corn were damaged and a state of emergency was declared in 35 counties.

United States and Canada have experienced a rapidly growing number of trains carrying crude oil to refineries. The crude oil that has received the most attention is the Bakken crude oil drilled in the provinces of Alberta and Manitoba, and the states of North...